84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཚེའི་རིག་པ་ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཚེའི་རིག་པ་ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ།

  • tshe’i rig pa yan lag brgyad pa
  • aṣṭāṅgāyurveda
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  • eight branches of Āyurveda
  • ཚེའི་རིག་པ་ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ།
  • tshe’i rig pa yan lag brgyad pa
  • aṣṭāṅgāyurveda
Definition in this text:

The eight branches are: 1) śalya (surgery), 2) śālākya (treatment of diseases of the head and neck), 3) agada (treatment of poisoning), 4) kumāra bharaṇa (pediatrics), 5) kāya cikitsā (treatment of internal diseases), 6) bhūta kriyā (treatment of diseases caused by spirits), 7) vāji karaṇa (aphrodisiacs), and 8) rasāyana (rejuvenation).